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Happy New Year - new happy pants

Thursday, 1 January 2015

Happy New Year! I've chosen to skip the reflective blog post this year and dive straight into 2015 and I couldn't be happier with my first make.

These are the Papercut Anima pants and they were all done a couple of days ago apart from the cuffs. With the rest of my household sleeping off a very, very late night I enjoyed a few quiet minutes in my sewing room completing these.

The Anima pants come together really quickly. I've made a medium in a french terry knit from Girl Charlee with a couple of minor adjustments. I added an extra two inches to the length - one at the hem and one at the cutting line for the knee length version. I also added an extra 1.25 inches to the depth of the pocket bag. I like to be able to use the pockets in my clothing and as drafted they just felt a little shallow. The only other change I made was to leave out the draw string and associated top stitching on the waistband because I knew I'd never use it and it would only add bulk to an area that doesn't need it.

Over the last few months I've come to the realisation that I've fallen into quite the rut. I find/make something I like, wear it until it falls apart and then replace it with an exact replica. So I'm extra happy with these pants because it's the first time I've used this pattern company, the first time making this style, and I believe it's also the first time I've owned patterned pants. And I love them. My only trouble now will be restraining myself from making multiple copies!

I like these a lot more than the Hudsons! I had to rework the Hudson to get rid of that weird wide hip, so mine look like the Anima now - and I think I'm going to get the Anima pattern anyway! cute pants!